HUMAN VERSUS 2014 - WORKSHOP ON HUMAN VERSUS ROBOT GRASPING AND MANIPULATION

Grasping and manipulation are easy for humans: they quickly acquire visual information, process the scene, decide how to grasp, and execute the required motion, even under difficult conditions and with previously unseen objects. Several decades of robotics research did not enable us to transfer comparable abilities to robots. This workshop will bring together leading researchers from the human and the robotics sides of grasping research.
There will be three pairs of invited presentations, on :
hands
grasping/manipulation
perception for grasping/manipulation
The pairs of invited speakers will compare and contrast insights, concepts, approaches, views, and recent developments from the human and robotics sides. The presentations will be followed by open discussion sessions, one for each of the three topics. The workshop will conclude with a poster session on “Novel Directions in Grasping and Manipulation”.
The primary goal of the workshop will be to identify novel directions or emphases in robotics research. But we also hope to identify novel scientific questions and experimental designs for research on the human side.